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St Mary

St Mary

Cricklade

Wiltshire

Mary, now Roman Catholic parish church

Architectural Features

C12, C13, C14 and C19

No clerestorey but two 3- light gabled dormers on south. chapel is C13 with mid C14 three- light cinquefoil window and angle buttress

C12 with chevroned and cable moulded chancel arch

C13-C14 three-bay arcades of 4-centred arches on octagonal columns

Simple chamfered tower arch to C13 tower, the chamfers with small trefoiled gable stops

Chancel C14 rework of Romanesque chancel extending it to east

Fittings: Font: C13 inverted column base on possible Roman capital as base, reset in C19

Pulpit: Mid C17 half-octagon oak with arcaded panelling

Altar table 1627 with stretchers between turned legs and carved fasciae

Furnishings, C18 brass candelabra and oak document chest

Excavations of 1964 suggest that the north chapel walls are founded on Anglo-Saxon work associated with the town wall. (Thomson & Taylor in W.A.M 60 (1965), 75 and 61 (1966) 38.f.)